It would great to be able step into and watch/lookup variables in a complex C/C++ macro. Maybe display the variables used in the Locals window? Or somehow allow users to figure out what the expression actually is/does.

Native unit tests require the project to use toolset v110.

However, using toolset v100 while pointing the compiler and linker to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\UnitTest compiles successfully.

However, the unit test explorer either ignores the generated test DLL or it cannot access the Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework runtime DLL and swallows this error silently. It does not discover any tests.

Please enable unit tests for the v100 toolset if possible; in particular if you insist on removing Windows XP support from the v110 toolset.

There are some features like "search for duplicate code" from a solution. But how about when we have 250 solutions in a company? .csproj-files are easy to manage with custom xml-tools, but solutions and large batch-actions (like update .NET-framework or remove unused references) are not.

According to Intel press releases, the Ivy Bridge cpu will incorporate a new hardware random number generator (rng). The cpu instruction to use the new rng is called rdrand. Can you please create a way to use this new instruction from all of the .NET languages (C#, VB.NET, etc.).

It would make the most sense if you provided a way for this instruction to be used as quickly as possible with a simple update and then release a more thorough update that includes functionality in all of the classes that use random numbers sevearl months or years down the road.

Visual Studio 11 shows an intermittent "ready" message in the lower left while it is building a project. The way that it blinks on and off draws your eye, and makes you think that the build is finished when it is not. The result is that when you try to perform the next logical step, such as running the program, you get an error message saying that the build is not complete. This seems to happen in other cases when the IDE is busy as well.

As all of us know, web.config evolve over years and versions with many options added to it, navigating inside web.config using find dialog and plus or minus left buttons are good, but it will be cool and productive, if you can add something like the attached screenshot when opening web.config, so we can quickly jump to specific part within the file, making the major parent nodes like connectionStrings etc.. on the upper left comboBox and the child nodes in the upper right one, Thanks, Appreciating VS team work :)

Various reusable functions written in C#, if exported as JAR's can also be useful for the JAVA programmers.

Learning how to do things in WebMatrix and Razor syntax as an alternative to Visual Studio 2010, there are some cons but some significant pros as well especially on potential if many in the community put out more Helpers.

What is missing are features like ability to connect to something like Team Foundation Server and other things that Visual Studio is able to connect with. Please look into making something like tfspreview compatible with WebMatrix with the same attention to simplicity that has been giving to actual Site creation tooling.

When installing VS, i usually just select C#, which is fine but lots of other packages get installed which i NEVER use, i was wondering if you could make those installation options.

Saves me manually un-installing them later and it will have the benefit of a quicker installation.

This is a minor but irritating issue.

Suppose that I have the following line of code:

If someValue = True Then DoSomething()

and I need to change it to:

If someValue Then
DoSomething()
DoSomethingElse()
End If

Then I insert the cursor after the 'Then' and press 'enter' resulting in:

If someValue = True Then
<Cursor Here>
End IF
DoSomething()

I think that it would generally be more useful if the editor could do this instead:

If someValue = True Then
DoSomething()
<Cursor Here>
End IF

If there is a methord so that the changes are retained or the changes can be made in .edmx and directly reflects on DB.

It makes sense to force a default namespace for library projects, but not unit test projects.

Structuring unit tests is currently a developing area. There are already several approaches that are cleaner without namespaces, e.g.: http://haacked.com/archive/2012/01/02/structuring-unit-tests.aspx

I suggest you make a login screen so that every user has his/her files everywhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWgaAJqJsG4

It would make it easier to switch between developing on laptop and desktop.

We are really bored to write applications only for Windows. You should publish .NET Framework for other platforms. Mono project is not enugh. We need offical .NET Framework package for Linux Distros and OS X. And "build once, run everywhere" option would be good. Like Java's JAR packages...

include Visual Studio 2008 support in Team Foundation Server preview

as a scrum.org PSD.Net trainer, I want to propose to my students a TFSPreview's implementation of the Sprint Goal, so that they can share their sprint goal online along with their Sprint backlog

Have first class support for less style sheets in the IDE.